This paper reviews empirical findings from economic analyses of the role of gender equality
and women's empowerment in reducing poverty and stimulating economic growth. Gender …

The authors review the contribution of qualitative methods to exploring concepts and
experiences of wellbeing among children and adults living in developing countries. They …

A key challenge in sustainable tourism is to develop economically viable enterprises that
provide livelihood benefits to local communities while protecting indigenous cultures and …

Despite the renewed commitment over the past 15 years to the reduction of poverty as the
core objective of international development discourses and policies, progress to this end …

We test whether the classification of households into poverty categories is meaningfully
influenced by the poverty measurement approach that is employed. These classification …

Gender inequality in access to productive and economic resources has been a topical issue
in sub-Saharan Africa. The restrictive access to resources, assets and decision making by …

The increasing frequency of negative rainfall shocks presents households with the
challenging choice of whether to send their children to school or to withdraw them in order …

Although the agriculture sector employs about 70% of the population in Uganda, its growth
in recent years (averagely 1.3% per annum for period 2005–2012) has remained lower than …

Despite long-term processes of migration and urbanization, it is estimated that more than 60
percent of Africans continue to live in rural areas (World Bank 2011a), and many are …

Despite abundant land and favourable climatic conditions, Mozambique remains food
insecure. We investigated the diversity, constraints and opportunities to increase …